Monthly Archives: September 2009

uk stampers challenge L for love tag

Dog, love, tag, tags, uk stampers Sunday challenge

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Here us a quick tag as I am still catching up with the ukstampers challenges. Last week it was L for Love. Now I am not exactly the romantic type (as I am repeatedly told!) but at least there are hearts on it. I took the photo with the light above to try to avoid glare from the glitter but it doesn’t show up the sparkle.

Inks: Brilliance graphite black, Distress ink worn lipstick, Copic pen grey
Card: White card, red and white paper hearts
Stamps: Inkadinkado patterned pets, Woodware A dog’s life, little hearts from a free stamp with Craft Stamper mag, Stampers Anonymous Urban tapestry, Stampin up Love
Other: round metal rimmed tag, silver eyelet, silver stickles, gem

uk stampers challenge E for embroidery tag

embroidery, tag, tags, ukstampers Sunday challenge No. 56

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Here is my tag for the ukstampers weekly challenge ‘E’ for embroidery. I am a bit late with this one – I just didn’t know where to start with it. I have used card and letters from Cosmo cricket (except the E), some embroidery thread and I even learned how to do French knots for the flower centres down the left hand side.

Inks: Memento rhubarb stalk
Card: Cosmo cricket
Stamps: Technique Tuesday Hanging by a thread
Other: red embroidery thread, Cosmo cricket card board letters, eyelet, E from Heritage papers

Stag card

card, Ross, stag
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The effect I was trying to create on this card was of a misty winter’s day but I don’t think I achieved it, I should perhaps have used grey instead of blue. I stamped the stag using timber brown Stazon ink the masked it with masking fluid so I could then wash blue water colour over it. The rushes are stamped off onto scrap paper first to give a more gentle colour and stamped again using platinum ink to give a slightly frosty appearance (you can’t see it in the photo). The stag is coloured using an aqua brush. I then smudged some white chalk over the whole image and stippled on some platinum.Inks: Stazon Timber brown, Brilliance Platinum planet and pearlescent beige
Card: White, beige, dark brown, moss
Stamps: Heritage Rubber Stamps stag, Stampin up pocket silhouettes, Papertreyink Out on a limb sentiments
Other: East of India check ribbon, Stampin up hardware (book-plate and brads), Marvy pens to colour (with aqua brush)

Humming bird Anniversary card

anniversary card, card, humming bird, Ross and Suzanne
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I adore the BoBunny Beau Jardin Harvest paper so I have used it not on the card itself but as my inspiration for their card.Inks: Archival ink Coffee, Brilliance Dew drop Pearlescent rust and olive
Card: white card, home made background paper
Stamps: Stampin up canvas back ground and sentiment, Inkadinkado mini stamp Hello humming bird, Dovecraft fantasy emblems (swirls)
Other: gems, stickles, glitter pen, linen thread, copic pens to colour

 

Ickle mouse card

card, CBC challenge, mouse

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Here is my card for the CBCC104 challenge to a recipe:

  • it has to be mainly pink
  • have 2 different pieces of paper
  • 1 button
  • 2 different pieces of ribbon/fibre

This is a tiny card (11 x 7cm). I made the back ground card first using the resist technique with glimmer mist sprays, masking fluid and sequin waste. Then stamped and coloured the image. Cut out the frames using nestabilities.

Inks: Brilliance graphite black
Card: Ivory card, back ground card, pink vellum
Stamps: Inkadinkado Patterned pets, Art impressions BB 2055 (on tag)
Other: white mini rick-rack, cerise embroidery thread, mini tag, button, gems, stickles, copic pens to colour, sparkle pen, masking fluid, glimmer mists; cherry limeade and cherry blossom, sequin waste, nestabilities

Watercolour ATCs

ATC, ukstampers, watercolour

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The September ATC swap theme for ukstampers is ‘watercolour’ so I have used Oriental watercolours as my inspiration for my 3 swaps. I have used various sprays and a variety of techniques to make the background papers using leaves as masks and also masking paper.

Inks: black document ink, watercolour pencils and sprays
Card: white card, watercolour paper, black card
Stamps: Non Sequitur: Oriental love letters (Caligraphy), Samurai (horse and Acer leaves), Oriental collage elements (pear), cranes (small chop and other calligraphy). Stampin up canvas back ground stamp, Judikins bamboo
Other: white pen, Diamond glaze

Creative Tag card

card, Carey, creative, tag, tags

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Here is a card I made for Carey for her birthday. She is very creative and does a bit of painting now and then. When the tag is pulled out it reveals another stamped image underneath.

Inks: various alcohol inks, Distress inks: peeled paint, fired brick, Chartreuse spray, black versafine
Card: white glossy, luggage tag, white card
Stamps: Stampers anonymous Urban tapestry, Invoke arts Art tickets, Elusive images Diamond art, an image from CBC ‘stamp in the post swap’ which I can’t show just yet
Other: ribbon, staple, white pen, gelly glaze pens

S for spooky tag

spooky, tag, tags, ukstampers Sunday challenge No. 55

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Ah well only a day late! Here is my tag for the ukstampers Sunday challenge N0.55 ‘S’ for spooky.
I used Lazy Daisy paper for the back ground and dribbled crimson acrylic paint down it. I stamped the dragons and castle, smudged a little distress ink in places and scribbled some lime green pencil over areas. I added glaze to the red drips. The S is grunge board painted crimson and the other letters are orange rub-ons coloured with red pen.  Photographed on a black background was not a good idea.

Inks: Distress ink black soot, black document ink
Card: Carolees Lazy daisy paper
Stamps: Arts Encaustic dragons and castle
Other: crimson acrylic paint, glaze, Hambly screen printed rub-ons Halloween, eyelet, lime pencil, grunge board letter

CBC ATC swap Autumn

ATC, Autumn, CBC swap
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I am hosting the CBC ATC swap this month and for a nice easy theme I have picked ‘Autumn’. Here are my two for the swap. Inspired by Jo Capper-Sandon’s article in the October issue of Craft stamper magazine I have been playing with spray inks and natural masks to make the background card (the leaves ATC). She used small branches for her example but I have used Acer leaves as a mask for mine.

For Trick or Treat:
Inks and sprays: Adirondack color wash butterscotch, Chroma jewels wine, Gold Krylon webbing spray, Glitz spritz Dessert moon Antique rose, Versafine Black ink, gelly glaze pens, Distress ink black soot
Card: white
Stamps: Non-sequitur Grave tidings
Other: Hambly screen prints rub-ons Halloween (text), black plastic spider, Stickles, black pen to highlight text

For Autumn Leaves:
Inks and sprays: Adirondack color wash butterscotch, Chroma jewels wine, Gold krylon webbing spray, Adirondack dye ink cranberry,
Card: white card
Stamps: Non-sequitur Samurai Acer leaves
Other: Diamond glaze